Display-rack attachment



July 24, 1923. 1,462,877 E. B. WESTON DISPLAY RACK ATTACHMENT Filed.ADril 16. 1923 By %/m ATTOF/Vf r5.

Patented July 234-,

tJiTED stares new PATENT nnwnnne. wnsron, or DAYTON, onto.

Application. filed April 16, 1923. Serial no. 632,262.

To aZZw'iz m it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. TESTON, citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, ha-reinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Rack Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, H forming part of this specification.

In the display of boXes and cartons of crackers, cakes and thelike, the containers are usually/"provided with glass covers to eX- hibit the goods and it is customary to mount .15 such containers on display racks, in which the supporting shelves are trough shaped so as to tip the containers forward to display the glass lids.

In making such display the attractiveness 20 is much enhanced if the tops of the boxes are all in alignment or flush with each other.

The boxes are not of the same depth and where the shelves are constructed to receive the largest sized containers, it is necessary 5 to provide additional support for the odd sizes.

It is to furnish an attachment for the shelves which shall provide such adjustable support that my invention is directed and 4 it consists of that novel construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter part cularly pointed out and claimed, whereby the attachment can be mounted on the shelf ready for use and can be readily and easily adjusted to support and hold in proper alignment with the other cartons on the shelf all containers of smaller size.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a 3 portion of a display rack, showing the method of using my attachment.

Figure 2 is a rear perspective view of the same. v

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the attachment removed from the shelf.

I have illustrated my device as designed for attachment to a metallic frame rack, in which the shelves 2 are of open metallic form, but it will be understood that the dewith racks having wooden shelves.

The attachment comprises two strips of metal 3 and 4 with preferably right angled bends 5 and 6. One of these strips 3 is preferably shorter than the other with a short bent over portion 7, while the other strip is similar screw 16 and layed for the slot 12.

vice can also be readily attached and used bent much nearer the inicjldle. The shorter arm 8 of this strip is preferably about as long as the long arm 9 of the other strip, and 'the'other arm l -somewhat longer.

Elongated slots'lO and 12 are provided for both arms Sand 13 of the longer strip,

the slot 12 being at the outer end of the arm 13 and the slot clos'e'to the bend of the otherarm8. j j The parts or the attachment 3 and lare secured together by a'sc'mw 14 passing througha hole in the lower end of the a m 9 and the slot 10,"with a wingnut 15 A wing nut 17 is em- For use the device isattached,to the rear bar 18 of the shelves of the rack and with this open metallic construction of shelf, the attachment can be secured and b'ly' loosening the other wing nut, the two parts can be folded together within the shelf frame so as to be out of the way if it does not need to be used.

In order to use the device, the arms 8 and 9 are swung into alignment with the arm 7 engaging the top of the smaller container and the arm 13 is adjusted by the slot 12 to bring the'top of the container into alignment with the largest sized container, then the thumb nuts are tightened, and the smaller sized container has proper support.

The larger containers usually project over the front edge of the shelf and by adjusting the member 3 and tightening the thumb nut,

the smaller containers are held by the arm 7 against clislodgment. ening the thumb nut is to spring the upper portion of the attachment to cause'it to grasp the container, and this gripping action is increased by reason of a slight bend in the arm 9 at its lower end.

In some instances in using the attachment, it may be desirable to adjust the arms 8 and 9 parallel and alongside of each other to obtain a more effectual grip on the container, but I prefer to use the attachment with the parts disposed as shown in Figure 3, as affording a longer back support for the container. It will also be understood that it is immaterial whether the slot 10 is in the arm 9 or the arm 8 or both may be slotted to give a wider range of adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

. In combination with a display rack The effect of tight- 1 tainers are displayed, a bracket for support- Q ing'at the back a container shallower than other containers on the shelf, "comprising a member to be attached to the back support,

a member to support the back of the shallowercontainer and a member to engage the upwardly facing side of the said'container.

2. In combination with-a display rack havingan inclined shelf, nd an open metal: lic frame as a backsupport in-Which containers are displayed, a bracket for supporting at thelback a container shallower than other containers on the shelf, comprising a member to be attached to the back support, with means for adjusting the length thereof, a member to support the back of the shallower container and a member to engage the upwardly facing side of the said container. v

3. In combination. with a display rack having an inclined shelf, and a back support, in which containers are displayed, a

- bracket for supporting at the back a con-' tainer shallower than other containers on the shelf, compr sing a pair of angle bars with means for securing the same together,

I one of said bars to be attached to the back 7 facing side of the container.

support, and the o-theradapted to support the back of the hallower containerwith one arm of the latter bar engaging the upwardly 4; In combination with a display rack having an inclined shelf, and a back support, in which containers are displayed, a bracket for supporting at the back a container shallower than other containers on the shelf, comprising a pair of angle-bars with means for. securing the same adjust lao ably together, one of said bars to be adjust-l ably attached to the back support, and .thel other adapted to support the back of the shallower container with one arm of the lato ter bar engaging the upwardly facing side of the container. o

,5. In combination with a display rack having an inclined shelf, and a back support, in which containers are displayed, a

bracket for supporting at the back a con tainer shallower than other container on the shelf, comprising a pair of'bars'each.

bent at right angles and secured together at i right angles, one bar adjustably attached to the back support and the other bar, adapted to engage over the container.

EDWARD B. WESTON. 

